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Boeing 747-87UF
N852GT is a Boeing 747-87UF, a fixed-wing airplane with more than one motor with turbofan engines, built in 2012. It has 467 seats. It is registered to Atlas Air INC, a corporation in Purchase, New York. The registration is valid: it was issued on May 5, 2023 and expires on May 31, 2030. It holds a standard airworthiness certificate for transport, dated September 28, 2012.
Where is it now Last seen yesterday at 2:42 am.
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Aircraft
- Maker
- Boeing
- Model
- 747-87UF · all 747-87UFs and related versions
- Built of
- aluminiumThe airframe is aluminium: sheet metal over a riveted frame, the way most aircraft have been built since the 1940s. This is how the Boeing 747 family is built; the FAA does not record construction for each aircraft, and the type certificate data sheet is the authority for this one.
- Serial number
- 37571
- Type
- Fixed-wing, multi-engineFAA type of aircraft code 5 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Power
- TurbofanFAA type of engine code 5 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 4 motors · Ge GENX-2B67B · 67,400 lb thrust
- Fuel
- Electricity
- Seats
- 467
- Year built
- 2012
- Transponder code
- ABAF6E (octal 52727556)
Registration
- Status
- Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Certificate issued
- May 5, 2023
- Expires
- May 31, 2030
- Last FAA action
- May 5, 2023
- Airworthiness
- StandardFAA airworthiness class code 1 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · TransportFAA certificate purpose code T (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · September 28, 2012
- FAA region
- EasternFAA region code 1 (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
- FAA record id
- 01104903
Owner as the FAA publishes it
- Name
- Atlas Air INC
- Type
- CorporationFAA type of owner code 3 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
- Address
- 2000 Westchester Ave
Purchase, NY 10577-2539
Owners can ask the FAA to withhold their name and address from public files. When they do, those fields are blank here as well. How that works.
Documents on file 0
No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.
Connections how N852GT links to the rest of the register
- Boeing 747 192 registered
- Boeing 6,678 aircraft on the register
- Built of aluminium · as the model family is built; the register does not record it per aircraft
- General Electric GENX-2B67B 10 aircraft with this engine series · 67,400 lb thrust
- Atlas Air INC 53 aircraft in the fleet
- Purchase, NY 75 aircraft registered in this town
- New York 6,659 aircraft registered
- FAA orders naming the Boeing 747 867 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports filed on the Boeing 747 52,487 reports since 1995
- Approved modifications for the Boeing 747 1,449 supplemental type certificates
- FAA orders naming the General Electric GENX-2B67B 19 airworthiness directives
- Failure reports on the General Electric GENX-2B67B 37 reports since 1995
- Report filed on this aircraft: Outflow Valve, faulted · 2026-10-18
- Report filed on this aircraft: Stringer, cracked · 2026-09-21
- Report filed on this aircraft: Support, cracked · 2026-09-21
- Where N852GT is now · Last seen yesterday at 2:42 am.
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The public federal record on N852GT, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.
Valid registration to Atlas Air INC, a corporation, certificate issued May 5, 2023, expires May 31, 2030. No fractional interest recorded. [1]
Standard certificate for transport, dated September 28, 2012, consistent with the 2012 manufacture year. [1]
No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 37571 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]
No other airframe has carried N852GT according to the deregistered file. [2]
No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]
2 NTSB records under N852GT: Incident on February 8, 2026 at Sao Paulo, OF. Incident on July 15, 2017 at Narita: minor damage. Details below. [4]
These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.
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NTSB records 2
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 747 · operated under 121
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
Aircraft on the NTSB record: Boeing 747-87UF · operated under 121
The Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) has notified the NTSB of a serious incident involving a BOEING 747-87UF airplane that occurred on July 15, 2017. The NTSB has appointed a U.S. Accredited Representative to assist the government of Japan's investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13.All investigative information will be released by the JTSB.
Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB
- FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 12, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
- NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search
This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.
Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 12, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data